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Ya, that was the most memorable part of Dark Sun. IIRC the State department confronted the Soviet ambassador about the routine exfiltration of boxes and boxes o
by adonovan 3y ago
Ya, that was the most memorable part of Dark Sun. IIRC the State department confronted the Soviet ambassador about the routine exfiltration of boxes and boxes of US R&D documents, and the response was something like "We're losing 10,000 people a day in this war. This is how you be our ally.".
- hgsgm 3y agoThe same today with the war on Ukraine. Spending citize' s lives is a great way to prop up a failed regime.
- zirgs 3y agoYup. If Russian soldiers stop dying then Putin falls out of a window.
- justrealist 3y agoI don't think it's that easy to explain. Putin could declare victory (Ukraine is demilitarized) and withdraw today, and most Russians would believe it (or at least, not care about the truth). The worse but more explicable answer is that it's stubbornness and pride on Putin's part in his national aspirations for Russia, for his external image, not his internal one.
- zirgs 3y agoIf he withdraws from Crimea - he's dead. Everybody will see that as a miserable defeat.
- justrealist 3y agoHe doesn't have to. It's not seriously in play.